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2016 January 20



Saint George and the Dragon (1458-1460)
Paolo Uccello (1397-1475)
Renaissance Style
Musee Jacquemart-Andre, Paris, France
Image Source: Jacquemart


     Explanation: Ezekiel 29 begins four chapters of prophecies against Egypt. Egypt, says the LORD, (though it was like the great dragon in the midst of the rivers), would be removed along with its fish and given to the beasts and birds to eat. The whole land, North to South "from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia" - v. 10), would be made desolate for forty years and its inhabitants would go into captivity. They would be brought back after that time, but they would be a base and wasted kingdom. Nebuchadrezzar would begin this destruction and plunder. For him, Egypt would be a reward from the Lord since he had served the LORD by his siege of Tyre but gained little from his conquest. The inhabitants of Tyre had fled in ships with their treasures before Nebuchadrezzar took their city. In the words of Albert Barnes' Commentary: "The ravages of Nebuchadnezzar ere the beginning of the end, and all the desolation which followed may be looked upon as a continuous fulfillment of God's decree. The savage fury with which Cambyses swept over Egypt amply realized all that Ezekiel foretold. Many places recovered some wealth and prosperity, but from the time of Herodotus the kingdom never again became really independent. Egyptian rulers gave place to Persian, Persian to the successors of Alexander the Great, who gave place in turn to Rome. So thoroughly was the prophecy of Ezekiel fulfilled: Ezekiel 29:14-15."
     Today's painting depicts a dragon, a reference to the dragon mentioned in Today's chapter.

          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Ezekiel 24. Ezekiel 25. Ezekiel 26. Ezekiel 27. Ezekiel 28. Ezekiel 29. Ezekiel 30. Ezekiel 31. Ezekiel 32. ]

          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]


2. During the Siege of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 24:1 - Ezekiel 32:32) - 587-586 B.C. Babylon
     A. The Messenger and Siege Motif (24:1-27)
     B. The Prophecies to the Nations (25:1 - 32:32)
          1). To Israel's Closest Neighbors (25:1-17)
          2). To Israel's More Distant Neighbors (26:1 - 32:32)
               c). Egypt (29:1 - 32:32)
                    (1). The Land (29:1-21)
                         (a). The Early Prophecy Against the Land - [During the Siege of Jerusalem] - (29:1-16)
                         (b). The Later Prophecy Against the Land - [After the Siege of Jerusalem] - (29:17-21)





Ezekiel 29


B. The Prophecies to the Nations (25:1 - 32:32)

2). To Israel's More Distant Neighbors (26:1 - 32:32)


c). Egypt (29:1 - 32:32)

(1). The Land (29:1-21)

(a). The Early Prophecy Against the Land - [During the Siege of Jerusalem] - (29:1-16)

     1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: 3 Speak, and say,
      Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. 4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. 5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. 6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
     8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. 9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. 10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. 11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. 12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
     13 Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: 14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. 15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. 16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

(b). The Later Prophecy Against the Land - [After the Siege of Jerusalem] - (29:17-21)

     17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.
     21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.




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